Legal Opinion
James A. Brien v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 8, 1982No. 82-1387PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
James A. Brien appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate sentence. Brien was convicted after a trial at which he was represented by an attorney who belonged to the same law firm as the attorney of a co-defendant. Asserting that this constituted a conflict of interest, Brien contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in violation of the sixth amendment.
Brien was indicted in August 1978 for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and for fraud in…
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